Big Stone County

1,131 acres

Minnesota DNR Summer Map

Meadowbrook Area
N45 23.220, W96 32.052

Bonanza Area
N45 26.830, W96 42.795

Overlook Area
N45 25.659, W96 41.521

3 miles

No hunting

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Minnesota River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Minnesota DNR

Bonanza Prairie SNA is within the borders of this park in the Bonanza Area.

The Meadowbrook Area contains the park office, boat landing, and camping area but is otherwise undeveloped.

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Eight bird species with protected status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Threatened – Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus), Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Special concern – American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri), Franklin’s Gull (Larus pipixcan), Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Other birds commonly seen on this site, along with those listed below, include Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota), American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), and Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus), Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons).

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

Whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus), northern raccoon (Procyon lotor), thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), and coyote (Canis latrans thamnos) have been seen here.

Plants frequently found in:

Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) UPs13d

Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a

Wet Prairie (Southern) WPs54b